What is each recent World Cup known for?

2014 Argentina got hosed

2010 Maradona’s ego fricked Argentina

2006 The head butt that cost France a World Cup

This one will be remembered for the social media event that is Europeans discovering that the United States is awesome.

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2002- Clint Mathis GOAT mohawk

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I raise you

First thing that comes to mind for me going back to the ones i can remember...

94- baggio moonshot
98- Ronaldo breakdown before the final
02- south Korea getting drug to the semis by their crazy fans and FIFA refs
06- headbutt
10- the crying about the Dutch being too mean to Spain, homer pick Landon Donovan
14- Brazil tears
18- USA suck
22- goat final + messi winning
26- superstars balling out (so far)

Saw a random arse white dude in a suit at the Shell by the airport in Ellick with that same haircut yesterday.

Thanks brother, blind squirrels and all

2026 - commer….i mean hydration breaks in 66F weather.

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Brazil in 2014

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Tim Howard vs Belgium

I wonder if anyone here goes back farther than 1994.

For my dad, all I know is he had 3 cats in 1958. They were named Pele, Didi, and Vava.

I didn’t watch anything pre 1994, but the ones I know of through cultural osmosis are

1986: Maradona’s Hand of God
1990: Roger Milla and the improbable Cameroon run

For tournaments I’ve watched

USA 94: The divine ponytail. Hristo Stoichkov and his amazing tournament. Maradona’s celebration and his failed drug test the next day. RIP Andres Escobar.

France 98: Zidane’s redemption arc (red card against I think, Saudi Arabia followed by amazing play in the knockout rounds), Croatia’s first tournament and the goals of Davor Suker. 18 year old Michael Owen’s amazing goal against Argentin and then a few minutes later, in a rare moment of losing his cool, Beckham gets a red card after Diego Simeone sells the hell out of a tap.

Korea/Japan 2002: Ronaldo’s dominant performance, Turkey’s run to the semis, USA playing two great games (Portugal opener and then the original dos a cero against Mexico) and the damn Torsten Frings handball. Senegal beating France in the opener. Lots of big names underperforming, including the French and Argentine national teams.

Germany 2006: “If you want my shirt that much, just ask your sister from last night.” After all of the speculation, that was the sentence that ended Zidane’s career. Germany’s return to form playing an attacking style that won over neutrals. Fan fests being popular as a new official event. The chippy England-Portugal game and Ronaldo’s wink.

South Africa 2010: The damn vuvuzelas. Landon Donovan…”Goal goal USA. The USA are certainly through. You couldn’t write a script like this.” Hand of God, Part 2: Suarez intentionally gets a red card and Asamoah Gyan misses the penalty, only for Uruguay to advance on a penalty shootout. Spain keeps on rolling and the tiki taka revolution is cemented. Anelka and the player revolt against Domenech on the bus.

Brazil 2014: “My N***a Klose”-Rihanna. Germany dominates the tournament. Brazil goes down 7-1 to the Germans. James Rodriguez scores two all-time classic goals. Lots of defensive stalemates in the knockouts.

Russia 2018: Ramenez La Coupe à la Maison, Mbappe and co win the Cup. The Belgian golden generation makes a strong run.

Qatar 2022: Argentina defeats France in one of the greatest games ever played. Messi delivers in the clutch and then blows off Salt Bae after the final, establishing himself as a legend around the world , Morocco’s improbably run after knocking off Spain and Portugal.


USA, Canada, and Mexico 2026: Freddy discovers the US, I meet Riyad Mahrez in the elevator and my mom asks him if he is a fan or a player (I realize that doesn’t go beyond me ), all of the stars deliver, lots of goals in the opening round.